John 8:39
“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.
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38I'm telling you what the Father has revealed to me, while you do what your father told you.”
Cross References
Matthew 3:9and don't presume to say proudly to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children of Abraham from these stones.
John 8:37I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.
Romans 4:12He is also the father of circumcised Jews not merely because they're circumcised, but because they follow the example of the trust in God our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Romans 9:7and not all those who are descended from Abraham are his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”
Galatians 3:29If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's children, and you are heirs of the promise!
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →